Lenovo Assigned Patent

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions, (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, has been assigned a patent (9,158,459) developed by Cudak, Gary D., Creedmoor, NC, Hardee, Christopher J., Humes, Randall C., Raleigh, NC, and Roberts, Adam, Moncure, NC, for a “managing a storage device using a hybrid controller .”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for managing a storage device using a hybrid controller are provided where the storage device comprises an internal PCIe interface to control solid state memory within the storage device. In particular embodiments, the storage device includes a first external interface configured to establish an external PCIe link and a second external interface configured to establish at least one of an external SAS link and an external SATA link. Embodiments include receiving from an external source, by the hybrid controller, a first command at the first external interface and a second command at the second external interface, and concurrently implementing, by the hybrid controller, the first command using a PCIe protocol and the second command using one of a SAS protocol and a SATA protocol.“

The patent application was filed on March 5, 2012 (13/412,088).